Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia's Great Archipelago by Philip Bowri

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Empire of the Winds by Philip Bowring Unique history of Maritime Southeast Asia FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Winner of the Penang Book Prize 2019Nusantaria – often referred to as Maritime Southeast Asia – is the worlds largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub. Nusantara, a Sanskrit, then Malay, word referring to an island realm, is here adapted to become Nusantaria - denoting a slightly wider world but one with a single linguistic, cultural and trading base. Nusantaria encompasses the lands and shores created by the melting of the ice following the last Ice Age. These have long been primarily the domain of the Austronesian-speaking peoples and their seafaring traditions. The surrounding waters have always been uniquely important as a corridor connecting East Asia to India, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. In this book, Philip Bowring provides a history of the worlds largest and most important archipelago and its adjacent coasts. He tells the story of the peoples and lands located at this crucial maritime and cultural crossroads, from its birth following the last Ice Age to today. Author Biography Philip Bowring is an Asia-based journalist. He was formerly the editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review and has written for the International Herald Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the South China Morning Post and the Guardian. He studied at Cambridge University and is an expert on maritime history and the history of Southeast Asia. Table of Contents List of Maps and Illustrations GlossaryPrefaceIntroduction1. Child of a Drowned Parent2. Nusantarias Defining Features and Early People3. To Babylon and Back4. Ghosts of Early Empires5. Culture from India, Goods from China6. Srivijaya: Vanished Great Mandala7. Java Takes Centre Stage8. Tamil Tigers of Trade 9. Champa: Master of the East Sea10. Malagasy Genes and African Echoes 11. China Raises its Head 12. The Majapahit Good Life13. Tremble and Obey: the Zheng He Voyages14. Nails, Dowels and Improbable Ships 15. Malay Melakas Lasting Legacy16. The Northern Outliers17. Islams Great Leap East18. Nusantaria: Holed near the Waterline19. Barangays and Baybayin20. Makassar, Bugis and Freedom of the Seas21. Where Kings Reign but Priests Rule22. The Sulu Factor: Trading, Raiding, Slaving23. Nusantarias Existential Crisis 24. Labour, Capital, Kongsi: The Power of the Chinese 25. High Noon of Occupation26. Empty Lands No Longer27. Freedom, Fears and the FutureNotesBibliographyIndex Review This fast-paced book by a respected journalist describes how the islands and coastal territories of Southeast Asia have consistently been a crucial element in world history … The book is a good corrective to global histories that tend to study the world from a European- or Sino-centered perspective … [It] brings forward a lively story about how trade, religion, and culture crossed many boundaries, including oceans, from earliest recorded history, centrally involving the islands and coastal territories of Southeast Asia. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *Bowring, in a remarkable display of taut writing, whisks us through the archipelagos geological eruption and mythic floods to the rise and fall of multiple port states and emerging regional dynasties and into the modern era of disruption, decay and dismemberment in less than 300 pages. At the same time, he does a wonderful demolition job on Beijings self-serving take on Asian history. * South China Morning Post *[Bowring] writes this rich and rambling history as in fact a narrative of change and renewal … It is not easy to convince policymakers that history might be the place to look for solutions, yet we have nowhere else to turn to imagine what might yet be possible. * Literary Review *Beautifully presented with numerous informative maps, excellent illustrations and a very useful glossary, it is both a fascinating read and a very valuable history of one of the worlds most important regions. * Baird Maritime *A fascinating book ... packed with names, dates and events as Asias Great Archipelago is packed with islands—well over 30,000 on anyones count ... An important and timely book ... [For the general reader] who is looking to better understand a complex and pivotal region of the modern world, Empire of the Winds is a must-read. * Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society *Rich in detail, and laced with vivid anecdotes ... Bowring notes that Nusantaria is just as vulnerable to climate change as it was after the Ice Age ... will the books excellent maps of Nusantaria have to be drawn again? * The Correspondent *This hardcover book is handsomely produced with a beautiful dust jacket showing fine Nusantarian galleys in the Moluccas, recorded during the Louis de Freycinet expedition of 1817–20. Its a volume that offers readers a deeper understanding of the vibrant maritime peoples and events that unfolded literally on Australias tropical northern doorstep, to better appreciate the complex development of the human, political and economic region that we inhabit. -- Jeffrey Mellefont * New Mandela *In contrast and happy opposition to the national frameworks that nowadays limit most historical understandings of the diverse islands and coastlines that make up Southeast Asia—or Nusantaria, as he calls it, Bowring weaves a bright tapestry stretching across the centuries and the oceans to capture our eyes and minds, and remind us of the significance and richness of this often misunderstood corner of the world. * Ooi Kee Beng, Penang Institute (Malaysia) *Philip Bowring has produced an absorbing and timely history of maritime Southeast Asia. Ranging from prehistoric times to the present, he deftly harnesses an impressive range of sources into a compelling and fast-paced narrative. Bowring has important things to say about how disparate elements – of geography, culture, economic relations and political dynamics – have shaped a complex region that has long been central to global history. * Gareth Richards, Judge, Penang Book Prize 2019, founder of Gerakbudaya Bookshop Penang and Hikayat *[The text] compares favourably with recent textbooks on the history of Southeast Asia with a similar scope…The skilled way in which the author navigates the reader through a large amount of information, while keeping the main line and arguments clear, bear testimony to Bowings years of experience in rendering complicated issues understandable and interesting for a wide audience. * International Journal of Maritime History * Promotional Unique history of Maritime Southeast Asia. Prizes Winner of Penang Book Prize 2019 Review Quote This hardcover book is handsomely produced with a beautiful dust jacket showing fine Nusantarian galleys in the Moluccas, recorded during the Louis de Freycinet expedition of 1817-20. Its a volume that offers readers a deeper understanding of the vibrant maritime peoples and events that unfolded literally on Australias tropical northern doorstep, to better appreciate the complex development of the human, political and economic region that we inhabit. Promotional "Headline" Unique history of Maritime Southeast Asia. Feature Variety of perspectives - historical, cultural, linguistic, economic. Details ISBN1788314468 ISBN-10 1788314468 ISBN-13 9781788314466 Format Hardcover Author Philip Bowring Pages 336 Year 2018 Publication Date 2018-11-29 Imprint I.B. Tauris Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 959.8 Short Title Empire of the Winds Language English UK Release Date 2018-11-29 NZ Release Date 2018-11-29 Illustrations 16 Maps Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Subtitle The Global Role of Asias Great Archipelago Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2019-01-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161577134;

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